Plum Island

Environmental advocates are urging President Biden to permanently preserve Plum Island in the Long Island Sound as a national monument.

U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) joined environmental advocates this week to urge President Biden to permanently preserve Plum Island in the Long Island Sound as a national monument.

A study of the waters near Plum Island nature preserve in Suffolk County found little evidence of human pollution.Scientists spent five days collecting…

A coalition of elected officials and environmental advocates are celebrating a major victory in passing legislation to block the federally mandated sale…

Environmentalists and lawmakers in Connecticut and New York have declared a major victory in a years-long fight to preserve Plum Island from…

The mandated sale of Plum Island — positioned off eastern Long Island between New York and Connecticut — could be permanently blocked with the adoption of…

Local activists have a new plan for the future of Plum Island in Long Island Sound.Plum Island is owned by the federal government, but they've been trying…

Southold lawmakers are considering expanding the Cross Sound Ferry on the Long Island side to include a stop at Plum Island.There are 10 acres of…

The federal government owns Plum Island. It’s where a research lab existed for 60 years off the coast of Long Island’s North Fork.The plan is to sell the…

U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy of Connecticut, together with Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, are introducing…